It's Shaun the Sheep!

All the kids I know (including my husband and me) can't get enough of Shaun the Sheep!
For my niece's birthday everyone had to get some Shaun love...

 

I made the head alone for the 1yr old

 

All the cousins got GOOGLY EYE pouches

(Like Amy Sedaris, I love me some GOOGLIES!)

 

The Willster got Shaun himself

 

Aww he loves him so

Won't you watch you with me?

GET YOUR FINGER OUT OF YOUR MOUTH

AND YOUR HAND OUR OF YOUR SHIRT!!!

 

 

Everything was well received and That Will still loves his Shaun. A big accomplishment there with how often kids change their minds....

 

If you've never seen the glory that is Shaun the Sheep I highly recommend it...you even get to see some fancy red underpants every once in a while.

 



 

 

 

Adventure Time Angels!

Crafted by the ever fabulous omgitslisa on craftster!

I've always believed in karma to a certain extent...but recently I had it slap me in the face.

In the good way.

At craftster.org there are these swaps one can sign up for. I'm addicted to them and tend to do quite a few. I always try to bring my crafty "A" game because, for me, it's more fun to find that perfect thing to make someone than to make something for myself.  I'm a giver...snort snort!

Just look at the crispness of Finn and Jake!

 

 

In a recent swap 2 lovely ladies, we've been calling them my Adventure Time Angels around the house, asked if they could send me a little something (without sending them anything back no less!) because my partner(s) and I were kind of mismatched skill-wise. (I'm downplaying this a bit, humbleness requires I do.)

 

I can't tell you how special I felt! My work was noticed and appreciated! Now I want to extend the notice and appreciation. 

She has an etsy shop Fuzzy Stars Studio so please check it out if you get a chance!!!

Just look at the precision stitching!

 

 

Lisa, your karma level has been leveled up like crazy and thank you ever so much for being AWESOME!!!!

 

Adventure Time 4 LIFE!

Thrift Store Score

This week I went to "The Thrift".
Actually it was Goodwill but my friend Melissa puts the word "the" in front of everything.
I love this practice.

But I digress...

I went to The Goodwill and my favorite find was this:

 

 

It's a Cowgirl Bracelet!

Kind of reminiscent of those Italian Charms DIY Dimensional Magic creations.

 

I loved the images. So fun, and nothing I've ever been drawn to before.

 

 



I'm going to take it apart to super clean and restring. After that it's GIDDY UP! TRUCK YEAH!

**That last is a tip of the Cowgirl Hat to my friends Heather and Melissa (same cool chick I mentioned above).

Facebook got me thinking....

Made by me...except the barrel of monkey sock. That was from ThinkGeek.com.

"I'm extra proud to be a knitter today! My feet are freezing and I KNOW when I get home there are handknit cozy wool socks waiting for me... And Earl Grey- him hot!!!"

This was just some random thing I posted to facebook yesterday.
Today I can't stop thinking about it.

I AM proud to be a knitter! I'm also proud I taught myself.

I'm proud of the friendships I've made from knitting/crafting.

I'm proud my kids have an appreciation for handmade things. I've even heard the phrase "Oh we could make that" come from my 5yr daughter's mouth.

I'm proud that I can give things a new life through crafting. (most recent example: Morgan's Halloween costume was an adult size 6 dress altered down to a little girl size 6)

Summing up, I'm proud I can feel proud of myself.

Who knew facebook could do that?

 

 

Oh, and Earl Grey IS hot!

 

starting to look like a "thing"

I love the blog Attic24 . 2 Lovely Ladies from my Knit Nite turned me on to her and I haven't looked back!

Her use of color is so cheerful and amazing as is her crochet skillz...and now I finally started on of her patterns.

This is the beginning of what is to be the granny stripe blanket . It's just a start and I may have bitten off more than I could chew by making it a "queen" size one.

But hey, there are some cold nights on the way here in Minnesota and it's always nice to be working on a blanket whilst it gives you warmth even before it's done. HA! I win this round blanket!

As the Starks say:
Winter is coming....grab a blankie!
ok they don't actually say all of that, but wouldn't that be all sorts of fun?

Pandorica Opens Scarf!

One of my obsessions is Doctor Who.
Another is Crafty Swaps on craftster.org
Yet another is knitting.

Here's what happily happened when these obsessions collided...

 

I don't think Van Gogh's masterpiece has been attempted in knit form so I had to give it a whirl.

 

The flames are knit with 2 strands of sock yarn in i-cord, then tacked on with a basic sewing thread.

 

I knitted this scarf for Strawberryh in the Surprise Swap on craftster and I didn't want it to go...

But we do what we must and need to as faithful Whovians.

 

The pattern is from The Spiral Staircase Scarf on Ravelry.com rav link and was superfun and quick to make. I'll definately be knitting more of these scarves (not necessarily Doctor-centric) up!!!

 



I just don't know about today...

What the what?

 

 

Making muffins this morning I discovered something about a purchase I made last week.

This is what I believe to be a left handed spatula. I am right handed...

I have this belief due to the curve in the rubber being wonky to my scraping style.

Don't scoff, we all have one!

So, all you Ned Flandersrsss' they do exist.

 

I don't know if it's REALLY a south paw spat, I just like to think that someone over at Target maybe cares a little bit about everyone. It's a nice thought.

 

All this spatula drama perhaps is due to the first song Pandora chose for me today was R.E.M. "It's the End of the World as We Know It".

 

Should be an interesting day, I'll have to keep my guard up and my phasers on stun.